Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in defamation damages, jury rules

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Source: nbc

Former President Donald Trump must pay writer E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in damages for repeatedly defaming her, a jury found Friday.

The nine-person jury began deliberations inat 1:40 p.m. ET and reached a verdict in just under three hours.

The decision came after contentious closing arguments that saw Trump storm out of the courtroom. He returned for his own attorney's closing arguments but left the courthouse at 4 p.m., before the jury returned its verdict.

Trump had already been found liable for defaming Carroll while he was president by mocking her allegation that he'd sexually abused her, so this jury was only tasked with determining how much she should be paid in damages.

Read more: linkhttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/verdict-reached-e-jean-carrolls-defamation-damages-trial-trump-rcna135919 to come

[samnsara]

1. and she can sue him again and again...

...and again....

[ShazzieB]

5. Unless he can somehow learn to keep his mouth shut.

Which seems about as likely as a polar bear sighting* in Arizona!

*outside of a zoo

[orangecrush]

2. #1 LOSER

Eat it, slobby!

[Novara]

3. If I was ever going to sue anyone I'd wish for Roberta Kaplan to represent me.

You know Felonious Fuckwad is going to do it again as soon as there's a microphone anywhere near.

And she will sue him again and again.

[MissMillie]

4. Heads are exploding

Over at the un-nameable site.

[FakeNoose]

6. Chump got his "day" in court - will he finally learn to keep his mouth shut?

[TomSlick]

7. Not a chance that Trump will ever keep his mouth shut.

It's simply not in his nature.

[republianmushroom]

8. Told the trump, bring his check book. May need to brake in to the kids piggy bank.

Not as bad as it could have been, ask, Rudy.
More fleecing the sheep to pay for this judgment after it is appealed.
Going to be a lot of whizzing and moaning tonight in trump's abode.

[moniss]

9. He sure had some

great lawyer didn't he?

[twodogsbarking]

10. Good way to start the weekend.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

11. True dat.

[Kablooie]

12. Can Trump refuse to pay and appeal the verdict?

It seems the legal system is designed to allow Trump to escape any consequences by continuing to keep everything circulating around the system ad infinitum.

[Deminpenn]

16. He can appeal, but the money has to be in escrow

According to Carroll's other lawyer, who was on with Chris Hayes last night, in NY a defendent found guilty of defamation has to put the damages money in some kind of court approved escrow account. It stays there until the appeal process is finished. If the plaintiff wins, the money is already there waiting. The lawyer said that the 5M Carroll won previously is in such an account while Trump appeals that verdict.

[Kablooie]

17. I read that he could get someone else to post the penalty.

He'd have to convince a bank to loan him the money.
He'd have to pay interest and put up collateral in case he lost and didn't pay up.
So in any case he'll have to lose something.

He will also have to pay his lawyer's fees, unless he just skips out and doesn't pay.
I wonder if he has to pay Carroll's lawyer's fees too?

Of course he could just order the RNC to pay the whole thing for him so he could get off scot free as is his god given right.

[Aussie105]

13. S.A.D!

Stupidly Accumulated Debts.

Hopefully Trump will learn to keep his mouth shut.

Hopefully his financial backers won't cover this or any other debt Donny's past behavior and mouth has earnt him.
And he has to sell some of his real estate assets at greatly reduced value.

[ffr]

14. 🙄 'Donald Trump' must pay writer E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in damages for repeatedly defaming her

Not some former title holding scumbag of a person "ex-president." He's just a citizen named DJT with a dwindling following. A following of mostly low-information nitwits that find it easier to follow than to take the more difficult path of thinking for themselves.

[Blue Owl]

15. Not only has Diarrhea Donny crapped himself, he's also trapped himself!